spaces in node names

[Patrick Dowler]

Note: cross-posted to registry mailing list

On 2011-02-17 12:09:06 you wrote:
> Can we use spaces in other IVOA identifiers? If not, then VOSpace
> identifiers should also not allow spaces.

The latest IVOA Identifier spec says:

"A resource key must conform to the syntax of a URI path component (RFC 2396, 
section 3.2)"

There is no explicit mention of using a space character in the path (resource 
key) part of an IVOA Identifier. The RFC in question does seem to permit a 
specific scheme (eg. ivo or vos) to allow use of properly encoded characters 
outside the list of allowed/unreserved characters.


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